Clay Wertheimer (Ruggable)

#agencies-and-hiring - February 20, 2025 at 09:46 AM

Hi @here me again...Ruggable is looking for a e-comm assistant to start ASAP on a Freelance / Contract basis.
• Candidates can be fully remote and/ or working abroad (candidates are also welcome to join us in-person at our Holborn WeWork where we are in-office 3x per week)
• If you have know any rockstars, please DM and send my way! JD attached - thanks!

#agencies-and-hiring - February 03, 2025 at 03:30 PM

Hi @here - any recommendations for recruitment agencies in Poland? We are looking to make some operations / fulfilment hires in Poland and could use some local support. Any intros / recs would be much appreciated!

#ask-the-community - January 22, 2025 at 06:08 PM

@Kasper - LABFRESH awesome - thanks for sharing Kasper

#ask-the-community - January 20, 2025 at 04:50 PM

@Lars van der Wijst we've taken the plunge on TV advertising in the UK and had good results there. Happy to chat if you want to DM

#ask-the-community - January 20, 2025 at 04:50 PM

@Kasper - LABFRESH super interesting on print. When you say 2nd largest channel = print, is 100% on DM / Catalogue? Or are you also doing other print advertising (in magazines, etc.)

#agencies-and-hiring - January 20, 2025 at 04:32 PM

@Patrick Crowley awesome! Should have access now

#agencies-and-hiring - January 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM

Hi @here Ruggable is looking for a brilliant Creative Project Manager to start ASAP on a Freelance / Contract basis.
• This role has potential to convert to perm. We are hybrid working -- 3 days a week in our London office (Chancery Lane).
• We're willing to consider remote candidates for the contract role (but they would not be eligible to convert to perm if not able to be in office 3x per week)

• If you have worked with any rock-star candidates, please DM! JD attached - thanks!

#executive-strategy - January 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM

Super interesting. @Floris GdG do you have a standardized slide / 1 pager that everyone fills out?

#ask-the-community - October 14, 2024 at 06:15 PM

@here Any folks who are multi-market (UK + Europe) and have experience / tips around organizing their teams by market? We are getting to the stage where I need dedicated country managers for our biggest markets (UK and DE) and trying to figure out the best way to structure this 'matrix' without creating a bunch of mini-marketing teams that are overleveraged and missing out on economies of scale. Would love to chat if others have tackled this!

#growth-and-marketing - October 14, 2024 at 06:11 PM

We're in the similar ballpark as Anders for the UK. I definitely think it's a worthwhile long-term play to offset rising costs of paid media. It can feel like an investment in the short-term but we've seen positive ROI within <12 months and it has as snowball effect

We use an agency (Novos) since it's requires multiple specialisms (content, digital PR, tech) and easier to pay / manage 1 agency vs hiring 3 people to do this

If you compare your monthly spend on Meta / Google, it's a relatively small (and fixed) fraction of that

#tech-stack - October 14, 2024 at 06:07 PM

@Fred - Out'n'About agree with above that if you're doing this all in-house then spreadsheet tracking is usually the best bet.

We have worked with Influence Room in the UK, which is a relatively inexpensive platform for sourcing and tracking influencers

#agencies-and-hiring - September 18, 2024 at 11:16 AM

Super interesting JD - thanks for sharing!

#introductions - September 18, 2024 at 09:55 AM

Welcome Volkert!

#supply-chain - August 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM

Yes full time - but like I said always wears a few other hats / takes on other projects given team size

#supply-chain - August 28, 2024 at 08:59 AM

It's a combination of vendor mgmt & contract negotiation (both inbound and outbound), procurement, supply / inventory planning and mgmt, working with CX on customer issues, returns, etc. and working cross-functionally on new product launches

#discount-codes - August 27, 2024 at 05:48 PM

Hey all - happy to offer 20% off at Ruggable.co.uk -- you can use the code VENICE20. If you are interested in a different market, give me a shout!

#supply-chain - August 27, 2024 at 05:32 PM

@Patrick Crowley We do have a dedicated logistics / supply chain manager. Aside from last mile delivery, we do a lot of our logistics and warehousing in-house so it's needed. That said, problby ~30% of their time is spent on other ops related projects

#introductions - August 27, 2024 at 03:16 PM

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#introductions - August 23, 2024 at 12:55 PM

Hi all! I'm Clay and I lead Ruggable in Europe - we make beautiful and machine washable rugs, doormats and bathmats
• Ruggable is HQ'd in the US. I was the 'founding' international hire (see what I did there) about 3 years ago
• Our Europe HQ is in London - I'm in Chancery Lane 3x per week if anyone is in the area
• We're made-to-order and have a factory up in Birmingham which serves our UK and Europe customers
• We're currently trading in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands -- and we just launched in Sweden, Denmark and Finland --- any folks who have cracked Germany and France (especially when it comes to localization) -- I'd love to chat!
Thanks @Patrick Crowley for the invite and to @Fred - Out'n'About for putting us in touch. Excited to connect!